FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 4247/15
KALMÁR 88 FAISKOLAI KFT against Hungary
and 8 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 September 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Georges Ravarani, President,
Marko Bošnjak,
Péter Paczolay, judges,
and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”). In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received friendly-settlement declarations under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them, the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 4 October 2018.
Liv TigerstedtGeorges Ravarani
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Date of birth /
Date of registration
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under well-established case-law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
per applicant/household
(in euros)[1]
4247/15
15/01/2015
Kalmár 88 Faiskolai Kft
15/11/2004
Kiss Dániel Bálint
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of excessive length of civil proceedings -
04/07/2018
08/03/2018
3,000
9439/15
06/02/2015
Csaba Szilvási
09/09/1959
Habis Kinga
Budapest
05/06/2018
05/07/2018
4,000
9844/15
10/03/2015
György Veizer
01/09/1943
18/07/2018
23/05/2018
10,000
14936/15
19/03/2015
Tibor Takács
04/01/1953
Karsai Dániel András
Budapest
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law - Lack of effective remedy against the protraction of the proceedings
18/07/2018
17/04/2018
3,000
3976/16
30/12/2015
Erzsébet Szebeni
20/07/1953
Barna Ágota
Budapest
12/07/2018
06/07/2018
2,500
3983/16
29/12/2015
Wallenstein Ingatlanhasznosító Kft
27/09/1999
Barna Ágota
Budapest
01/08/2018
06/07/2018
4,000
5177/16
13/01/2016
Erzsébet Katalin Domokos
11/08/1954
04/07/2018
14/06/2018
10,000
76340/17
11/09/2013
(24 applicants)
Levente Albert
29/07/1972
Istvan Sandor BAROCS
30/08/1949
János RIGO
01/09/1973
Jozsef FOLDESI
01/04/1948
Tibor BADER
19/03/1948
Janos BERKECZI
23/04/1953
Jozsef BAJUSZ
27/05/1956
Gyozo KAROLY
09/05/1953
Miklos TEJFEL
28/02/1976
Tibor KUNICZ
21/11/1977
Csaba SZANTO
20/05/1970
Richard MIKO
16/12/1977
Gabor VEREBELYI
05/09/1951
Kalman ZSOMBOR
05/02/1950
Jozsef BOZSER
30/09/1966
Jozsef Attila VEREB
16/10/1954
Imre VARGA
05/12/1965
József HAMAR
13/01/1971
Robert BALINT
21/05/1974
Laszlo HAJOS
19/04/1947
Janos KOZEL
07/01/1954
Krisztian PORTIK
22/07/1975
Ferenc ZUBALY
16/01/1963
Attila ANDRASI
16/12/1954
Barbalics István
Budapest
09/07/2018
11/04/2018
10,700
76345/17
11/09/2013
(28 applicants)
Sándor Bárány
19/10/1945
Arpad Barta
21/03/1964
Janos Bereczki
26/05/1945
Gabor Bertalan
14/04/1977
Istvan Bolla
11/01/1950
Bela Cene
31/08/1962
Imre Cene
17/12/1971
Csaba Fejes
26/03/1974
Andras Gazi
21/04/1946
Rudolf Gyomrei
11/09/1948
Janos Gyurcsics
08/11/1948
Bela Holinszki
14/04/1953
Janos Horvath
03/12/1975
Janos Hunics
26/06/1956
Ferenc Jakab
25/03/1957
Istvan Kovacs
31/01/1960
Laszlo Lukacs
12/03/1961
Laszlo Mezei
06/01/1960
Ferenc Molnár
02/12/1950
Krisztian Nadpor
24/09/1978
Bela Schmidt
08/01/1963
Lajos Sebestyen
08/02/1974
Attila Springenszeisz
13/02/1962
Istvan Trombitas
20/07/1943
István Varga
Tamas Zsombor
22/05/1973
Household
Adrienn Springenszeisz
16/01/1987
Nikolett Springenszeisz
06/06/1990
Barbalics István
Budapest
09/07/2018
11/04/2018
10,700
[1]. Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
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